Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it’s a love match. Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather’s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further-and announces their engagement. These include plenty of people, such as Gemma’s odious cousin Tucker, who are truly rotten to the core. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. THE FIANCE FARCE is a madcap marriage of convenience rom-com, filled to the hilarious brim with well-drawn supporting characters, especially Gemma’s large family and riotous roommates. Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. They’ll never actually meet, so what’s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy’s path, her white lie nearly implodes. Tired of her stepfamily’s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. But when it comes to actual romance… Tansy can’t get past the first chapter. Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy Sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage-of-convenience. But the scheming Van Dalen family won't give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansy's newfound happiness might just get caught in the fallout. But as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, unexpected sparks start to fly and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further - and announces their engagement.

But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. Gemma is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But when the real-life Gemma crosses Tansy's path, her white lie nearly implodes. Tired of questions about her love life, she invents a fake girlfriend, inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. But when it comes to actual romance, she can't get past the first chapter. Perfect for fans of Ashley Herring Blake, Casey McQuiston and Talia Hibbert.'Marry me and no one has to know none of this was real' Tansy's greatest love is her family's bookstore. A steamy Sapphic rom-com about a modern-day marriage-of-convenience.

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